Naming Standards
This naming convention, developed by Neil MacPherson of Australia and
accepted by the Center For Research, Allied POWS Under The
Japanese, sets out the known details of the camps on the Burma
Thailand Railway and makes allowances for the spelling differentials.
Neil and Rod Beattie have worked to make this as accurate as possible.
Rod Beattie has worked diligently on this project for years and was
instrumental in developing the Death
Railway Musuem in Thailand.

Book:
The Burma Railroad
- The Drawings of Jack Chalker - The sample pages give you an
idea of the depth of anguish suffered by the men who slaved for Japan
on the infamous railroad. While not reviewed, we have seen numerous
example of Jack Chalker's drawings and believe this should be part of
any serious POW book collection. (Cover Image)

Leslie George Hallett (Driver, Royal Army Service Corps) Collection (courtesy of Barbara Hawkins)

"We have in our possession a copy
of the Christmas Day menu for 1943. This was given to us by a member of
his family. He was a prisoner and worked on the bridge. After his
release and return to England he was so traumatised that he spent years
on his own building two models of the bridges.These were found by his family after his death and are now exhibited at the National Memorial Arboretum Museum."

Rod Beattie, Kanchanaburi resident, kindly made available all his data
for researching of this project. He has spent many years exploring and
researching railway sites and has built a Railway Information Centre in
Kanchanaburi.

Green Force commenced work
1st October 1942, the first to start work on the Burma end

Wagale (8 Kilo)

8

406

Dutch Force first occupied
Wagale

Thetkaw (14 kilo)

14

400

Captain Claude Anderson (SMO) wrote a
report to the SMO "A" Force Lt Col Hamilton from here 31st January 1943

Hlepauk (18 Kilo)

18

396

Anderson Force
10th October 1942 to 1st January 1943. No 5 Group from 40 kilo on 26th
January 1943 to March 1943.

Kunhnitkway (26
Kilol

26

389

Ramsay Force 20th
December 1942 to the 18th March 1943

Rephaw (30 Kilo)

30

385

After repeated
bombings at Thanbyuzayat, 30 Kilo became Base Hospital for No 3 Group,
subject to strafing raids

Tanyin (35 Kilo)

35

380

Williams Force
from Java (884 POWs) arrived October 1942. Joined by Anderson Force
January 1943 to become No 1 Mobile Force

Betetaung (40
Kilo)

40

374

Black Force ex
Java including 184 Americans arrived October 1942

Anankwin (45
Kilol)

45

370

No 1 Mobile
Force moved here while laying the rails & sleepers before moving to
the 60 kilo camp

Thanbaya

50

365

F' Force
Hospital Camp. 1700 desperately sick were brought here from
Thailand, of these 700 died in less than 6 months. Major Hunt a West
Australian doctor worked tirelessly here with few drugs.

Khonkhan (55
Kilo)

55

360

Base hospital
under renowned Australian Surgeon, Colonel Coates, he performed
countless leg amputations on ulcer patients.

Taungzun (60
Kilo)

57

358

When No 1 Mobile
Force arrived in May 1943 they had to bury dead Asians found in the
huts, Cholera victims, this was the start of an cholera epidemic among
POWs

Kami Mezali (65
Kilo)

65

350

3 Group head
quarters

Mezali (70 Kilo)

69

346

No 1 Mobile
Force moved here from the 60 kilo in July 1943 previously occupied by
Burmese it was in a filthy condition with deep mud every where, a total
clean up was needed before it could be occupied.

Meiloe (75 Kilo)

75

340

Black Green &
Ramsay Forces arrived 18th March 1943

Apalaine (80
Kilo)

80

337

No 5 Group late
March 1943 No 1 Mobile Force arrived in August No 5 Group were still in
occupartion, No 5 Base Hospital

A work camp
housed Black, Green & Ramsay Forces in April 1943, later used as a
grouping camp before the POWs were evacuated to Tamarkan in Thailand

Paya Thanzu
Taung (108 Kilo)

108

307

This camp was
situated just north of the three small pagodas which now mark the
border between Thailand and Burma. No 1 Mobile Force occupied this camp
17/26 September 1943 having night marched from 95 Kilo Camp.

The Three Pagodas

108.5

306.5

Site of an
ancient battle between Thailand and Burma.

Changaraya

112

301

F' Force No 5
Camp for 700 British. The 214 men who died here are buried in a single
mass grave in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.

Kami Sonkurai

115

299

F' Force No 3
Camp, originally 400 Australians. A good camp that later suffered a lot
of deaths after survivors from Changaraya moved in.

No 1 Mobile Force
Camp

116

299

Staging camp for
Anderson and Williams combined Rail laying Force

Songkurai

121

294

'F' Force No 2
Camp for 1,600 British. Site of the "Bridge of 600" a death camp 600
died here and another 600 when evacuated to Thanbaya and Kanburi

122 Kilo Camp

122

293

No 1 Mobile Force
occupied this camp.

Shimo Songkurai

127

288

F' Force
No 1 Camp of 1800 Australians. Major Bruce Hunt with his medical team
worked miracles with little support from the Japanese.

Little Nikki

131

284

No 1 Mobile
Force's most southern camp.

Tunnel Party Camp

132

283

Set up in 1945
POWs constructed defence positions for Japanese.

Nikki Camp

133

282

HQ camp for 'F'
Force. Lt/Col Dillon Force C.O. About 1000 POWs including 400
Australians. Some Malay Volunteers worked in this area, they were
mostly British civilian business men.

Nikki Bridge
Buillding Camp

134

281

Prisoners here
built bridge over the Ranti River

Lower Nikki

139

276

Original HQ camp
for 'F' Force. The first River

Thingomtha

142

273

Pond's Party
built a large bridge here.

Upper Konkoita

145

270

Konkoita

152.13

263

H Force No 4 Camp
of Australians.

Kurikonta

157

258

H Force No 1 Camp

Kroeng Krai

165

250

Six Australians
were killed in a rock fall.

Swinton's Camp

166

249

Dobb's Camp

169

246

Johnson's Camp

171

244

Tha Mayo Wood

176

239

Indian workers
occupied this camp during construction, later POWs worked on wood
parties, fuel for the Engines

Tha Mayo

178

237

Nam Chon Yai

186

229

Tha Khanun North

190

225

Tha Khnnun Base

192

223

Tha Khanun
(Australian)

193

222

Tha Khanun South

197

218

Lt/Col Pond's
Australian group worked in this area

Bangan

201

214

Yongthi

202

213

Small group of
'D' Force Australians and a small group of Dutch POWs.

Prang Kasi 211
kilo

204

211

Dutch Camp

Prang Kasi

207

208

East of Railway
Station

Prang Kasi South

208

207

British and
Australian of 'D' Force in a riverside camp south of railway station.

Linson (3 Camps)

212

203

Woodcutting camp
set up here in December 1944.

Kui Mamg

216

199

Upstream from Hot
Springs

Hindat

217

198

Close to railway
station.

Hindat West

218

197

River Camp 1
kilometre from station

Wang Hin

223

192

Kuishi

225

190

Dutch prisoners
worked in this area

Kui Yae

229

186

Dutch prisoners
worked in this area. 26 POW's killed in Allied bombing raid 8 December
1944.

Lin Tin

233

182

Dutch prisoners
worked in this area

Kinsaiyok Main
Camp

244

171

Mixed
nationalities. Site of shooting of British POW.

Kinsaiyok Jungle
Camp 2

247

168

Site of rock
quarry for rail ballast

Kinsaiyok Jungle
Camp 1

254

161

The original
grave cross of an Australian who died here was found in 2000.

Kinsaiyok Jungle
Camp 3

256

159

Hintock Cement

258

157

Barges bringing
up barrel of cement unloaded here

Hintock River (2
Camps)

260

155

Hintock Road (3
Camps)

261

154

Dunlop Force
worked here on cuttings & Three Tier Bridge. 'Weary' Dunlop's camp
had showers built from bamboo. Large number of deaths here from cholera.

Malay Hamlet

262

153

H' Force camp of
men to reinforce work on Hellfire Pass. 216 deaths in about 10 weeks.